SPI Level 1 BIPOC-Only Training
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute – BIPOC Level 1 Cohort Starts October 7, 2026
SPI has partnered with BTR to offer their Level 1 Training at a tiered 10-40% scholarship to BTR members!
Fill out the BTR interest form to get started!
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP) is a body-oriented talk therapy that blends cognitive and emotional approaches, verbal dialogue, and physical interventions to directly address the implicit memories and neurobiological effects of trauma. By using bodily experience as a primary entry point in trauma therapy, rather than the events of the “story,” we attend to how the body is processing information and its interface with emotions and cognitive meaning making.
SPI Level 1 trauma training presents simple, body-oriented interventions for tracking, naming, and safely exploring trauma-related, somatic activation, creating new competencies and restoring a somatic sense of self.
SPI is committed to an active, ongoing process of decolonizing their curriculum and integrating an anti-racist, anti-oppression perspective into their institute and clinical work. Registration is currently open to Black Therapists Rock members only. Registration to the general public will open April 20, 2026. Spaces will fill up fast. Learn more and start your journey here.
BTR Member Tuition Tiered Scholarship: 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% off Regular tuition $3300.00. Everyone’s needs and situations are different. When you register, you will choose the percentage off tuition that you need.
Supplementary to the scholarship award, SPI provides 2 (1.5-hour) complimentary group consultation sessions.
Deposit: A $500 non-refundable deposit will be collected at the time of registration
Cohort Dates for SPI BIPOC Level 1:
Oct. 7 orientation- 5-7pm ET
Dec 11-12-10-6pm ET
Feb 19-20 -10-6pm ET
April 16-17 -10-6pm ET
May 12- closing -5-7pm ET
Course Structure: Online Hybrid Format
Total Training Hours
78 hours divided into 39 live-online hours and 39 hours of asynchronous self-paced learning
Hours Credited for CE and CPD
CE credit is offered for the live attendance portion of the training, which is 39 hours. CPD credit is 78 hours.
Trainers:
Members of the Global Majority: Jacquie Compton and Susan Webb
Please note: In order to receive the SPI BIPOC-ONLY Level 1 Training scholarship, you must be a paid BTR member. If your membership is no longer active, or you do not have a paid BTR membership, join the community here to be eligible for this generous scholarship.
BTR will contact all members who fill out the interest form (via the email listed in form) with registration information. Fill out the interest form here and start your journey.
